Entertainment & Media

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – May 14, 2026 – ASUS Republic of Gamers is preparing a major 20th anniversary celebration during Computex 2026 in Taipei, bringing together gaming fans, PC builders, media and longtime ROG users for a large-scale event focused on gaming hardware, community culture and future technology concepts. The anniversary event takes place June 1 at Syntrend Creative Park, a location closely tied to Taiwan’s PC-building scene and the early years of the ROG brand. Alongside anniversary products and technology showcases, ASUS is also using the event to highlight how gaming culture has evolved over the last two decades from niche enthusiast communities into a global mainstream industry.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – April 14, 2026 – The Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown completed its 14th annual edition this spring, bringing more than 100 films to six venues in Downtown Hagerstown across four days of independent and international cinema. Running from March 26 through March 29, 2026, the festival drew filmmakers, producers, and general audiences to the city's Arts and Entertainment District, with all screening locations within walking distance of one another. Recognized on Movie Magazine's "Top 50 film festivals worth the entry fee" list, MDIFF has developed into a respected platform for independent film over more than a decade of programming. For audiences and industry attendees alike, its compact downtown setup and broad international film selection make it one of the more accessible regional festivals in the mid-Atlantic.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – April 14, 2026 – The E.W. Scripps Company is a U.S. media organization with a stated mission of creating a better-informed world. Built around the belief that doing well commercially and doing good for the public are the same goal, Scripps operates across local television news, national cable and streaming networks, sports broadcasting, and the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The company describes its work as creating connection — bringing audiences together across communities, platforms, and experiences. For viewers who follow local news, watch national cable channels, catch live sports, or tune in to one of television's most distinctive educational competitions, Scripps is very likely already part of their media diet, even if the brand name behind the content is not always the one they see on screen first.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – April 14, 2026 – Banijay Group, the Paris-based entertainment company formerly known as FL Entertainment, has unveiled a new live experience built around the cult sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror, announced through its Banijay Live Studio division on April 1, 2026. The move is the latest from a company that reported €4,803 million in revenue across 2024 and now operates in 33 countries with more than 8,000 employees. Despite shaping the entertainment habits of millions of people globally, Banijay remains little known to most audiences — which makes understanding what it actually does increasingly relevant for anyone who watches television, attends live events, or places bets online.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – January 1, 2026 – iQIYI says its first global offline entertainment park, iQIYI LAND, will open in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province on February 8, 2026, bringing the platform’s Chinese film-and-TV stories into a highly interactive indoor theme-park experience.

A New Kind of Indoor Theme Park for Families and Travelers

iQIYI describes iQIYI LAND Yangzhou as a next-generation indoor theme park built around immersive entertainment and recognizable Chinese IP. Instead of a traditional ride-first model, the park is positioned as a place where visitors step into story worlds through technology, live interactions, and recreated sets. For families planning a holiday outing or travelers looking for something beyond the usual sightseeing, the promise is an experience that feels like entering a show’s universe rather than just watching it.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 10, 2025 – What if the scariest thing in a horror game wasn’t a scripted jump scare, but an unpredictable creature that truly learns how you play? That’s exactly the experience Frictional Games created in Amnesia: The Bunker, where “the Beast” – an AI-driven monster lurking in a World War I fortress – turns every playthrough into a tense, personal mind game for players.

A World War I Bunker That Never Plays the Same Twice

Set in a grim, claustrophobic French bunker, Amnesia: The Bunker moves away from the linear, story-heavy structure of previous Amnesia titles and leans hard into player agency. Instead of carefully staged scares, you’re dropped into a semi-open environment where key items, codes and some details change from run to run.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 23, 2025 –

Take Command of Galactic Politics

At the heart of this major release is a brand-new diplomacy system that introduces political gameplay as a key element. Players can now engage in negotiations, espionage, and inter-faction influence with a range of new tools designed to bring even more life and consequence to the X-universe.

You’ll unlock a dedicated Embassy Room at your main headquarters, where diplomats meet at a roundtable with representatives from other factions. This new space becomes the hub of your political maneuvering and is:

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – May 2, 2025 – SHERIDAN, WYOMING – Mai 2, 2025 - Get ready for a thrilling new gaming experience that will tug at your moral compass and keep you questioning every decision you make. Toge Productions and Team Project Lunch are launching the demo for Compensation Not Guaranteedon May 1st, 2025, at the digital narrative games festival, LudoNarraCon. If you love games that blend heart, history, and heavy choices, this one's for you.

Compensation Not Guaranteed invites players into a fictional post-colonial Southeast Asian world where you, a government official, are tasked with verifying land ownership claims. As your country races toward rapid development, you'll need to sift through documents, listen to emotional stories, and make choices that impact an entire nation's future.

Introducing the demo, the team wrote, "Get people to give up their land to the only ones who know how to use it right - The Government!"

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – April 22, 2025 – SHERIDAN, WYOMING – April 22, 2025 - ASUS expands its elite motherboard lineup with two new powerhouse entries engineered for peak AMD Ryzen performance.

ROG’s Next-Level AMD Ryzen Lineup

Two new flagship motherboards join the ROG Crosshair X870E family

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has officially unveiled two high-performance additions to its AMD Ryzen™ motherboard lineup: the ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme and the ROG Crosshair X870E Apex. These newcomers build on the previously released Crosshair X870E Hero, giving enthusiasts and system builders three distinct high-end options for building elite Ryzen-based PCs.

ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme

Maximum power and intelligent cooling for uncompromising performance

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – March 7, 2025 –  

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – March 7, 2025- gamescom 2025 has officially set a new precedent during its early bird registration phase, boasting unprecedented participation levels and confirming its stature as the essential global nexus for the gaming industry. This surge in registrations marks a significant leap from last year's figures, underscoring the event's ever-growing appeal and international significance.

Record-Breaking Early Bird Registrations At the close of the early bird phase for gamescom 2025, the numbers are not only promising but record-breaking. The event has seen a 27% increase in registered companies compared to the same phase in 2024, with participants hailing from 46 different countries. Such diverse international representation only highlights the global reach and importance that gamescom continues to build upon year after year.